HIV Replication and HIV Life Cycle

HIV uses CD4 immune cells for Replication. Each infected CD4 cell produces hundreds of new copies of HIV particles. Each replication cycle lasts 1 to 2 days. Different HIV medications block different stages of the HIV lifecycle. The series of HIV follows to multiply in the body. The process starts when HIV encounters a CD4 cell. There are seven steps in the HIV life cycle.

• Binding
• Fusion
• Reverse transcription
• Integration
• Replication
• Assembly 
• Budding